Coumba Louisa Sow (born 27 August 1994) is a Swiss

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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and has appeared for the Switzerland national team.

Career

At the age of 12 she started playing football for SV Höngg. After two years she switched to the youth department of

FC Zürich Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss football club based in Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League 13 times and the Swiss Cup 10 times. The most recent titles a ...

. She went to the USA and played for two years for

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. In 2016, she joined the Oklahoma State Cowgirls for two years. After the first two games with Oklahoma, she suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in training and had to sit out the entire year of 2016. In 2017 she was able to play for Oklahoma State again. In 2018, Sow returned to FC Zurich. During her time at FCZ, she worked 75% in a day care center. In 2019 he switched to Paris FC. At the end of January 2023, she moved back to Switzerland, to

Servette FC Chênois Féminin Servette FC Chênois Féminin is a women's football club from Geneva, Switzerland. Its first team plays in the top tier in Switzerland and in UEFA Champions League. History Servette FC Chênois was founded in 1974 as the women's section o ...

, to get more match practice ahead of the World Cup. At the end of the season she left the club. From the 2023/24 season she plays for

. She signed for three years.

National team

Sow made her debut for the national team on November 13, 2018 in the World Cup qualifier against the

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. She appeared for the team during the 2019 World Cup qualifying cycle. Sow took part in the Euro 2022 and was in the starting lineup for the Swiss in all three group games. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round.

International goals

Personal life

Sow grew up in the Oerlikon district. She is of

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

ese descent through her father. She is the cousin of

Djibril Sow Mohameth Djibril Ibrahima Sow (born 6 February 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team. Club career Sow made his professional debut for Boruss ...

, another Swiss international footballer.YB Djibril und seine FCZ Cousine Coumba famille Sow mischt den Schweiser fussball = Blick.ch
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* * * 1994 births Living people Swiss women's footballers Swiss people of Senegalese descent Swiss expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in France Switzerland women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders Division 1 Féminine players Paris FC (women) players Oklahoma State Cowgirls soccer players FC Zürich Frauen players Swiss Women's Super League players Footballers from Zürich UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Swiss expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Swiss expatriate women's footballers 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub